Herbert C Bridges Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down near Hersfeild in B-24 42-95078 on 9/27/44

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95078

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hare Force
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

27 September 1944

Born

Springfield, Missouri

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Birsic/ MACR 9396, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia